English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Cotgreave

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mapperley

Historical Forms

  • Cotesgrave 1225 FF
  • Cotegrave 1269 1312 ib
  • Cotegraue 1330 Ass
  • Coteg've c.1341 NI

Etymology

Cotgreave (6″), Cotesgrave 1225 FF (p), Cotegrave 1269 ib, 1312 ib (p), Cotegraue 1330Ass (p), Coteg 've c. 1341 NI (p). Perhaps 'cottage copse', v. cot , grǣfe or grāf .

Places in the same Parish